Homeless by christmas without your help

FRIENDS OF RESCUED ANIMALS (FORA)- HOMELESS BY CHRISTMAS WITHOUT YOUR HELP
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Pro-life animal rescue centre FORA must find a new property by Christmas for 600 dogs and 200 cats after the sale last week of the Roodepoort property leased to founder Marlene de Beer six years ago by benefactor Bill Joffe in memory of his wife Francis Petlyn.
WE ARE APPEALING FOR YOUR HELP PLEASE DONATE WHATEVER AMOUNT YOU CAN MANAGE TO HELP US SAVE OUR DOGS AND CATS and PLEASE SEND EMAIL TO ALL THE ANIMAL-LOVERS YOU KNOW.
“We are definitely not closing, we are relocating, just as soon as we raise enough funds and finalise the right property”, says Breggie van Loggenberg, FORA manager since the death from cancer of Marlene de Beer in 2005.
The staff and volunteers at FORA are devastated at the need to find a suitable property and raise sufficient funds in a very short space of time.
We send out an urgent plea for your help, be it in the smallest way. We need to raise R3.5 million to buy a suitable property & put-up kennels, runs and other infrastructure.
Please think of all the dogs and cats with us at present but also those who will have nowhere to go in the future. We are a group of mainly volunteers who have spent years putting our time and care into running the shelter. These animals have become our friends and our family and we will not rest until we have secured a new home and secure future for them.
We have touched the lives of thousands of animals and people in six successful years and if just 3 000 people give us R1 000 each and 5 000 people give us R100 each, we will have reached our target !
We will be deeply grateful for any help, even the smallest donation of money or materials.
FORA will hold an Open Day on Saturday 3 October from 12 noon at their present property below Westgate and invites their many friends and supporters to join them and pledge whatever support they can.
Cnr Wilgespruit & Main Reef Rds, Roodepoort
Please help us save our animals - we will be deeply grateful for any help that you can give us


• emailing: fora@mweb.co.za

Further information will be available on the website : www.fora.org.za.
Other volunteers are also standing by to answer queries :
Verity 002782 892 4015, Ronell 002772 398 8165 or Betty 002772 413 5364
A PRESS RELEASE is going out today 21 September (will be on the website)
ABOUT FORA – Endless Hope not a Hopeless End
• FORA is a registered Non Profit Organisation
• FORA is a no kill shelter operating behind Westgate in Roodepoort on the West Rand
• FORA has helped animals and animal-lovers across Gauteng and as far afield as Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town, becoming known for their willingness to go the extra mile and take in any needy creature, even incurring medical costs to heal a sick animal when the bank account is empty.
• FORA receives wonderful support from the community and businesses, but no funding from government. We rely on faith a lot of the time and although we witness tragedy and suffering, we also experience miracles and the daily joy of helping and homing rescued animals.
• FORA takes in rescued, abandoned and lost dogs and cats, offering them a safe haven to live out their lives if they do not find new homes or are not reclaimed by their original owners.
• The enclosures and runs have adequate space for the dogs and cats to lead comfortable lives and they are regularly exercised.
• They are supplied daily with food, clean water and their enclosures are cleaned every day.
• All animals are sterilised, inoculated and dewormed while at the shelter and medical treatment is available for any who are injured or sick.
• Dogs and cats who have been traumatised are rehabilitated
• Strict home-checks are done before animals can be adopted.
• FORA has been established on the Roodepoort property for over 6 years as part of a 10 year lease granted by benefactor Mr Bill Joffe (now sadly deceased) in memory of his wife Francis Petlyn - except in the event of sale of the property, when the notice period is 3 months.
• FORA has over the past year been looking at affordable properties but these are few and far between, especially a property that would suit the shelter’s needs and still be within the area where they receive such great support from the community.
• FORA must raise at least R3 million for a new property + an estimated R500 000 for relocation/setup costs
• Interestingly, the notice of the sale of the property was received on 17 September 2009, the fourth anniversary of the death of FORA founder Marlene de Beer.
THANK YOU FROM ALL AT FORA.

ENDLESS HOPE, NOT A HOPELESS END.
FORA is a registered, non-profit organisation (NPO 29775) situated in Roodepoort. We adhere to a strict no-kill policy and operate on the three R's principal - Rescue, Rehabilitate and Rehome. We offer a "home-for-life" to those animals not fortunate enough to be rehomed, where they can live out their days free of pain, abuse and neglect.

This is an organisation in South Africa who needs all the help they can get right now.

The above was taken from the fora web site at